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2023

World Air Quality Report

NEWSROOM
AQI US legend

0-50

Good

51-100

Moderate

101-150

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200

Unhealthy

201-300

Very unhealthy

301+

Hazardous

Rank Major city, country/region AQI USFollowers
1 Delhi, India Delhi, India
186
2.7M followers
2 Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
167
1.7M followers
3 Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
161
147.3K followers
4 Manama, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
160
30.1K followers
5 Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh
159
226.5K followers
6 Beijing, China Beijing, China
156
7M followers
7 Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
144
385.6K followers
8 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
139
6.7K followers
9 Cairo City, Egypt Cairo City, Egypt
134
26.6K followers
10 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
126
396.6K followers
11 Wuhan, China Wuhan, China
122
323.3K followers
12 Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile
110
94.6K followers
13 Chengdu, China Chengdu, China
97
1.7M followers
14 Brussels, Belgium Brussels, Belgium
91
141.1K followers
15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
90
382.1K followers
16 Mumbai, India Mumbai, India
90
1.5M followers
17 Doha, Qatar Doha, Qatar
88
101K followers
18 Medan, Indonesia Medan, Indonesia
86
1.3M followers
19 Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, China
86
328.9K followers
20 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
86
688K followers
21 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
86
52K followers
22 Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
83
60.2K followers
23 Kolkata, India Kolkata, India
80
1.4M followers
24 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen, China
79
390.7K followers
25 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
78
81.4K followers
26 Karachi, Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan
77
69K followers
27 Lima, Peru Lima, Peru
77
35K followers
28 Sao Paulo, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil
77
80.9K followers
29 Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
73
20.2K followers
30 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
73
678.1K followers
31 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
72
64K followers
32 Batam, Indonesia Batam, Indonesia
71
1.3M followers
33 Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana
71
6.5K followers
34 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
71
373K followers
35 Houston, USA Houston, USA
70
28.4K followers
36 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
69
122K followers
37 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China
69
1.5M followers
38 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia
68
95.9K followers
39 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
68
14K followers
40 Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda
66
9.4K followers
41 Yangon, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
66
24.5K followers
42 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
62
15.3K followers
43 Chongqing, China Chongqing, China
62
171.3K followers
44 Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
62
2.2M followers
45 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
62
223.4K followers
46 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
62
118.2K followers
47 Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
61
26.8K followers
48 Shanghai, China Shanghai, China
61
2.1M followers
49 Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
60
284.9K followers
50 Skopje, North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia
60
14.2K followers
51 Astana, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
60
26.5K followers
52 Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan
60
81.2K followers
53 Incheon, South Korea Incheon, South Korea
60
22.8K followers
54 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
60
39.5K followers
55 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan
60
1M followers
56 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland
59
21K followers
57 Osaka, Japan Osaka, Japan
58
64.7K followers
58 Detroit, USA Detroit, USA
57
24.9K followers
59 Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
57
11.7M followers
60 Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Hungary
56
22.8K followers
61 Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria
56
143.4K followers
62 London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
56
244.2K followers
63 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
55
85.3K followers
64 Bogota, Colombia Bogota, Colombia
55
80.1K followers
65 Busan, South Korea Busan, South Korea
55
196.6K followers
66 Kobe, Japan Kobe, Japan
55
27.8K followers
67 Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea
55
6.5M followers
68 Lyon, France Lyon, France
53
489.8K followers
69 Bratislava, Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
53
38.1K followers
70 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada
53
344.7K followers
71 Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
52
110.2K followers
72 Bucharest, Romania Bucharest, Romania
51
62.5K followers
73 Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles, USA
51
6.1M followers
74 Chicago, USA Chicago, USA
50
44.8K followers
75 Singapore, Singapore Singapore, Singapore
49
867.4K followers
76 Pristina, Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo
49
13.3K followers
77 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
49
50.2K followers
78 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
47
236.9K followers
79 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
42
36.2K followers
80 Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, Poland
41
326.3K followers
81 Munich, Germany Munich, Germany
40
342.8K followers
82 Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
40
329.3K followers
83 Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
39
274.6K followers
84 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
38
985.4K followers
85 Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany
38
196.7K followers
86 Montreal, Canada Montreal, Canada
38
110.3K followers
87 Nice, France Nice, France
37
456K followers
88 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki, Finland
37
74.3K followers
89 Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
36
253.9K followers
90 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal
36
21.9K followers
91 Bern, Switzerland Bern, Switzerland
35
85.4K followers
92 Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
35
64.9K followers
93 Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway
33
33.5K followers
94 Paris, France Paris, France
33
5.6M followers
95 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
33
2.2M followers
96 Washington, D.C., USA Washington, D.C., USA
33
39.4K followers
97 Minneapolis, USA Minneapolis, USA
33
16.7K followers
98 Kuching, Malaysia Kuching, Malaysia
32
49.1K followers
99 Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria
30
37.1K followers
100 Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
30
106.7K followers

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